Means for securing tires to wheels



tutelate-:d May 13, 1924i.

Nrrsn t srarss inane l MAX crans eventi/inn, or naw Yoan, n. Y.

MEANS non suona-ING Tin-Es To WHEELS.

i Application filed September 25, 1919. Serial No. 326,206.

To all whom t may comet/ni Be it known that l, MAX Crnus OVER- MAN, a citizen ot the United States, residing at New York, N. Y., have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Means tor Securing Tires to Wheels, ot which the tollowing is a speciication.

My present invention relates to means tor securing tires to wheels, especially so-called dual tires, the teatures and advantages ot which will be understood by those skilled in the art trom an understanding ot the tollowing description in connection with the drawings.

In these, showing one ot the possible embodiments my invention is adapted to take, Fig. 1 is a cross-section through a wheeltelly and tire equipped with one ot the einbodiments my securing-means is adapted to take, said cross-section being taken on the line 1 1 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction ot the arrows; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal mid-section through the telly and base ot the tire, showing a plurality ot the securingmeans in elevation, also the lower part ot one-halt ot the tire in elevation.

will now describe the specific devices ot the drawings together with my present improvements.

1 is the wooden wheel-telly surrounded by the metal telly-band or rim 2. 3 3 are the tianges bolted to the sides ot the telly.

The dual tire may be ot any usual or preterred construction and therefore I have omitted the details ot the tire. The parts 4 4 ot the. tire are separated by a circumterential elett 5 but are integrally united by a base-portion 6 which they share in common.

This base portion at said elett is secured to the telly by a plurality ot securing means 7 7. Each ot these consists ot a metal rod 7 having a pair yot spaced legs 7 b 7" integral therewith, the legs being located so that the ends ot the rod extend well beyond or overhang the legs. he-n in position, the rods are located lengthwise in the elett 5 with their legs extending radially inwardly toward the center ot the wheel through suitably spaced holes provided tor the purpose through the tire-base 6, the telly-band 2, and telly 1. The extremities ot the legs are threaded and project beyond the telly wherei thefyt are provided with washers and nuts 8. The rods 7a are bent to contorm with the curvature ot the tire.

Tightening the nuts 8 will obviously draw the rods 7a towards the telly to clamp and secure the base ot the. tire against the telly.

The tact-.that each rod has a plurality ot legs `prevents the rods trom working laterally in the elett of' the tire. Their' overhanging ends enable the ends ot adjacent rods to be brought near together without bringing the holes in the tire and telly close together, to do which would impair the strength ot said parts. Altogether the described securing means excellently serve their purpose.

The lateral parts et ot the tire may be profided with any suitable means tor securing them to the wheel telly, but it is preterable to employ tor this purpose bolts 9 which extend radially through the wheel telly at suitable intervals circumterentially thereot, the inner ends ot these bolts engaging threaded studs 10 connected to plates 11, which latter are contained in hollows 12 tormed in the respective lateral parts ot the tire, tightening ot the bolts serving to draw the bases ot the respective lateral parts of the tire against the telly. kThe hollows 12 in the respective lateral parts ot the tire cushion the tread portions ot these parts and it will be understood that this cushioning action takes place without loosening or otherwise disturbing the hold produced and maintained on the tire by the tire-securing rods 7a, owing to the location ot these tiresecuring rods 7 between the hollows and in close'proximity to the wheel telly, so that these securing rods 7a act on the base portion ot the tire which integrally connects the lateral parts ot the tire.

I am aware that changes and modifications maybe made in the toregoing which will nevertheless be within the spirit ot the toregoing disclosure and within the spirit ot the annexed claims, and which as such are accordingly intended to be covered thereby.

l claim y 1. In combination, a wheel telly, a dual tire whose lateral parts are separated by a continuous circumferential elett but have an integral base portion which. `ioius said adjacent lateral parts, a plurality ot segmental tire securing means each comprising a rod located longitudinally in the circumferential cleft and against said integral base portion ot the tire, each rod having a pair ot circumterentially spaced legs secured thereto and extending through suitably spaced holes in the base portion of the tire and the Wheel felly, and means coacting with the free ends of said legs for clamping the base portion of the tire between the rods and the felly.

2. Iny combination, a Wheel felly, a dual tire Whose lateral parts are separated by a circumferential cleft but have an integral base portion which joins said adjacent lateral parts7 devices for individually securing said lateral parts of the tire to the felly, a plurality of segmental tire securing means each comprising a curved rod located longitudinally in the cleft and bearing against said integral base lportion of the tire, each rod having a pair of ciroumferentially spaced legs extending through correspondingly spaced holes in said base portion of the tire aud the Wheel felly, and means coacting With the free ends of said legs for clamping the base portion of the tire between the rods and the felly.

overhang the legs of the rods in a direction f circumferentially of the tire and each rod being curved to conform substantially with the circumferential curvature of the base portion of the tire, and means coacting With the free ends of the legs of each rod for clamping the base portion of the tire between the rods and the felly.

MAX CYRUS OVERMAN. 

